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Watch: Dr. Tonya Matthews on Charleston’s new African American Museum

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Smithsonian African American museum content now available online

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Alabama museum dedicated to lynching victims wins tourism award

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Sandra Bland exhibit opens in Houston area museum

The Houston Museum of African American Culture opened an exhibit dedicated to the life and death of Sandra Bland.
/ February 5, 2018
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Michael Jordan gives $5 million to African-American museum

On Monday, officials for the National Museum of African American History and Culture announced that Michael Jordan has donated $5 million […]
/ August 9, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Denzel, wife Pauletta help raise $17M for African-American museum

Denzel Washington and his wife Pauletta held an event at their Los Angeles home in order to raise money for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture…
/ May 6, 2016
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Gettysburg residents seek black history museum

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gettysburg’s small African-American community proudly tells stories of ancestors who fought in the Civil War, of a young woman who shook President Abraham Lincoln’s hand and of the men who buried thousands of bodies after the battle…
/ June 26, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Oprah Winfrey giving $12M to new African-American museum

WASHINGTON (AP) – Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washington’s National Mall that will document African-American life…
/ June 11, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Cleveland's African-American Museum seeks donations to fix roof

Founded in 1953, the African-American Museum in Cleveland was one of the firsts of it’s kind…
/ June 5, 2012